THEME EXPLORATION

innovation vs. establishment

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Iron Man
Iron Man
2008 · Jon Favreau
A Bug's Life
A Bug's Life
1998 · John Lasseter
Iron Man 3
Iron Man 3
2013 · Shane Black
Nokia Short
Nokia Short
2003 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Don't Look Back
Don't Look Back
1967 · D.A. Pennebaker
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
Venice 70: Future Reloaded
2013 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul & Bernardo Bertolucci & Claire Denis & Jia Zhangke & Lav Diaz & Paul Schrader
The Last Dance
The Last Dance
2026 · Anselm Chan Mau-Yin
Chinese Animation: A Century
Chinese Animation: A Century
2026 · Lijun Sun
Madame l'eau
Madame l'eau
1993 · Jean Rouch
La Machine à refaire la vie
La Machine à refaire la vie
1933 · Julien Duvivier
“Pop Goes the Easel”
“Pop Goes the Easel”
1962 · Ken Russell
The Mosquito Coast
The Mosquito Coast
1986 · Peter Weir
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jean-Luc Godard France

As a leader of the French New Wave, he systematically dismantled classical cinema's formal rules through experimental editing and self-reflexive storytelling, making innovation itself the subject.

 Andrei Tarkovsky Soviet Union

His philosophical films like Mirror and Stalker persistently question established ideologies and aesthetic norms while seeking transcendent alternatives to materialist worldviews.